Current Affairs 1st June 2019

Current Affairs 1st June 2019

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NATIONAL

1. Goa celebrates its statehood day.

  -Goa celebrates its statehood day on 30^th May. It was on this day in 1987 Goa became the 25^th state of the Indian Union. It was a Union Territory along with Daman Diu from December 1961 onwards when Goa was liberated from the colonial rule.

2. Jagan Reddy sworn in as Andhra Pradesh.

  -YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has taken oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Prasdhesh. Governor ESL Narasimhan adminstered him the oath of office and secrecy at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in Vijaywada. Mr. Reddy is the second Chief Minister of the bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.

INTERNATIONAL

1. James Marape elected new Papua New Guinea PM.

  -James Marape, a former finance minister and critic of a major global gas development deal, has been elected by parliament as the prime minister of Papua New Guinea.

2. Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari sworn in for second term as president.

  -Muhammudu Buhari has been sworn in for a second term as Nigirea’s president, following a campaign that focused on tackling security threats and rooting out corruption. He did not make a speech during the low-profile event attended by members of the diplomatic community.

3. Nepal celebrates its 12^th Republic Day.

  -Nepal is celebrating its 12^th Republic Day on 29^th May 2019. A number of programmes are being organized in different parts of the country to mark the occasion. The main function was held at Army Pavilion in Kathmandu, which was attended by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, cabinet ministers, senior government officials, heads and representatives of various diplomatic missions and other dignitaries.

BANKING

1. RBI sets up committee on corporate loans.

  -RBI has constituted a six-member committee on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans to come up with recommendations to increase the efficiencies of the debt market and aid in the resolution of stressed assets.

APPOINTMENTS

1. Military tribunal allows Karambir Singh to take charge as new Navy Chief.

  -The Armed Forces Tribunal cleared the way for Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to become the next Navy chief, while it deferred for four weeks the matter of Vice Admiral Bimal Verma which seeks to quash Singh’s appointment.

2. SC extends the tenture of NCDRC’s judicial member by one year.

  -The Supreme Court has extended the tenture of Justice VK Jain, a judicial member of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, which was expiring on 30^th May 2019. A vacation bench comprising chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose stated the extension of tenture would be  for one year or till process of fresh appointment is completed.

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. International Everest Day: 29^th May.

   -International Everest Day is being observed on 29^th May. Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed th Mt. Everest on this day in 1953, as the first humans to achieve the feat.

AWARDS

1. Indian Writer Annie Zaidi Wins USD 100,000 Global Book Prize ‘Nine Dots’.

  -Indian writer Annie Zaidi was announced as the 2019 winner of the USD 100,000 Nine Dots Prize, a prestigious book prize created to award innovative thinking that addresses contemporary issues around the world.

AGREEMENTS

1. US-UAE defense agreement comes into force.

  -The United States and the United Arab Emirates have announced that mutual defences cooperation agreement had come into force, amid increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran. The DCA will enhance military coordination between the United States and the United Arab Emirates, further advancing an already robust military, political, and economic partnership at a critical time.